Power net roller



RrA. GAERTNER.

POWER NET ROLLER.

APPucAnoN FILED JULY 22,1920.

1, 21 3,467. Patented Apr-18, 1922.

EN TOR.

' Rqguh A. fiaewfnr BY PATE' RALPH A.v GAERTNER, or Los ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

POWER NET ROLLER.

' Application filed July 22,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH A. GAERTNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los'Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Power Net Rollers, of which the following is a specific ation.

This invention relates to power net rollers employed in connection with usual net re ceiving tables of fishing boats, and-has for its object the provision of a universal driving connection for a roller, adaptedtoactuate the same irrespective of theposition to which the net table may be turned.

The invention will bereadily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which 7 Figure -l,is a side elevation of avessel having a net table upon the deck thereof, the power roller of said table being provided with the improved driving connectionr Fig. 2 is a plan view of the deck of the vessel and the net table.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. i 1

The power net roller is shown employed in connection with a usual net table which may be mounted upon the deck of any vessel 1. The power'roller 2 is journaled at one of the sidesof the net table 3 which is provided on its under side with the usual rollers 4 for permitting the net table to rotate freelyin a horizontal plane so that the net 5 may be paid out or drawn in over roller 2 at elther the stern or the sides of the vessel. The power roller 2 is, preferably, provided with cleats 6 extending along the same for providing a more positive engagement between the roller and the net when the latter is drawn upwardly onto the table. I

A drivingconnection is provided for the power roller 2 which is arrangedto function irrespective of the position to which the net table may be turned. .As aninstance of this arrangement a rotating 'powershaft. 9 may be mounted within the vessel and rotated by any suitable driving connection '(not shown) from the propeller shaft'of the engine. A clutch 10 having an actuating lever '11 is, preferably, provided upon shaft 9 for controlling the operation of the driving connection for the power roller. An upright shaft 12 extends upwardly Specification of Letters Patent.

name to this s ecification;

Patented Apr; 18, 1-922. 1920. Serial No. 398,191.

' through the deck of the vessel and through the bottom of the .nettable' at the pivotal axis thereof, said shaft being supported in any suitable manner asbya bearing 13 beneath the deck of the vessel.

A driving connection is provided from shaft 9 to shaft 12, which driving connection may consist of meshing bevel gears 7 14-15. A shaft 16 is journaled upon'the net table with a driving connection from shaft 12 to said shaft at one end thereof, sald driving connection consisting of meshing bevel gears 1718. The opposite end of shaft 16, preferably, extends beyond the side of the net'table and is provided with a sprocket wheel 19 in alinement with a sprocket wheel 20 upon the shaft 21 of the i powerroller 2. 'A sprocket chain 22 is received around these sprocket wheels, and a clutch 23 controlled by a lever 2 l is, preferably, provided between sprocket wheel 20 and the shaftlof the power roller-J A suitable housing 25 maybe receivedgover the driving mechanism upon the net table.

In voperation'theentire driving conneo' tionmay betlirown into and out of use'by means of clutch 10, 'and'when the 'net' is being paid out the roller 2 may be allowed to, freely rotate by disengaging clutch 23. When itis desired to draw in the netclutch 23 is thrown into engagement and the'power roller will then be rotated through the driving connection provided by shafts 9, l2 and 16 and sprocket chain 22.

It will be observed that the'ldriving con-" nection thus provided permits of the'freej turning of ithe net table'upon its axis, and

that the driving connection also permits of the ready disengagement of the power roller from the same.

.Various changes may be made without as claimed. I v

' What is claimed is:

The combination with a boat,v of table forming'a support and receptacle for departing from the spirit of the invention loo anet the net iand rotatably mounted on said boat if and having a net roller, a rotating power 7 10.5

shaft, a universal driving connection-between said shaftand said roller," a clutch between'said shaft and said driving connection, and a second clutch between said I 1 driving connection and said roller. V

In testimony whereof I have signed my ALPH A, GAERTNZERQ 

